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January 3, 2008
no one dreams of himself as empty-handed
People may differ, but in their dreams they do not differ; there they always attain the three or four things that they desire--it may be with more or less speed and completeness, but they always attain them in the end. No one seriously dreams of himself as empty-handed. Therefore no one ever discovers himself in his dreams or becomes conscious through them of his individuality. Our dreams tell nothing of how we are satisfied when we win the treasure, how we relinquish it when lost, how we feast on it while it is ours, where we turn when it is taken from us.
Jens Peter Jacobsen - Niels Lyhne
Posted by amin at January 3, 2008 2:11 PM